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    Apus (abbr. Aps, gen. Apodis)

    The Bird of Paradise, originally called Avis Indica; a small, faint constellation lying near the south celestial pole, immediately south of Triangulum Australe (the Southern Triangle). See below for details of its brightest stars.


    Apus constellation
    Apus. © 2003 Torsten Bronger.
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    Stars brighter than magnitude 4.0
    Star Visual
    mag.
    Abs.
    mag.
    Spectral
    type
    Distance
    (lt-yr)
    R.A. (h m s) Dec. ( ° ' '' )
    Alpha 3.83 -1.68 K5III 411 14 47 52 -79 02 41
    Gamma 3.86 0.41 K0IV 160 16 33 27 -78 53 49



    Constellations
    Andromeda | Antlia | Apus | Aquarius | Aquila | Ara | Aries | Auriga | Bootes | Caelum | Camelopardalis | Cancer | Canes Venatici | Canis Major | Canis Minor | Capricornus | Carina | Cassiopeia | Centaurus | Cepheus | Cetus | Chamaeleon | Circinus | Columba | Coma Berenices | Corona Austrina | Corona Borealis | Corvus | Crater | Crux | Cygnus | Delphinus | Dorado | Draco | Equuleus | Eridanus | Fornax | Gemini | Grus | Hercules | Horologium | Hydra | Hydrus | Indus | Lacerta | Leo | Leo Minor | Lepus | Libra | Lupus | Lynx | Lyra | Mensa | Microscopium | Monoceros | Musca | Norma | Octans | Ophiuchus | Orion | Pavo | Pegasus | Perseus | Phoenix | Pictor | Pisces | Piscis Austrinus | Puppis | Pyxis | Reticulum | Sagitta | Sagittarius | Scorpius | Sculptor | Scutum | Serpens | Sextans | Taurus | Telescopium | Triangulum | Triangulum Australe | Tucana | Ursa Major | Ursa Minor | Vela | Virgo | Volans | Vulpecula


    Related categories

       • NOTABLE STARS
       • NEBULAE AND STAR CLUSTERS
       • GALAXIES





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